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LEVI CLIPPINGER, F HOUSTON HEIGHTS, TEXAS.

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Specication of lLetters Patent.

Patented Aug 311, ltl;

Application filed July 6, 1914. Serial No. 849,025.

T0 all whom z'zmay/ concern:

Be it known that I, Lnvr CLIPPINGER, a citizen -of the United States, residingl at Houston Heights, in the county of Harris and State of rlpexas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry- (loops, of which the following is a specifica- Thisinvention relates to new and useful improvements in poultry coops.

The obj ect of the invention is to provide a coop of the character described for poultry and the like, which may easily be kept in a sanitary condition.

A further feature of the invention resides in the provision of a removable container, which is provided to contain a disinfectant in case it becomes necessary to use the same and this container is further provided to receive the refuse from the coop.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, and arrangement of parts, an example of which is given 1n this specification and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure l is aperspective-view ofthe device, showing the wire netting of the top and near walls removed. Fig. 2 is an end view of the coop, and'Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, wherein like numerals of reference designate similar parts in each of the figures, the numerals l, l, l, l refer to the corner posts of the framework, to which are secured the upper and lower end members 2, 2 and the upper and lower side members A8, 3, theseA corner posts, end and side members. forming a framework to which are secured suitable wire netting, forming the top, bottom, ,sides and ends ofthe coop and providing an inclosure for the poultry. The sides, ends and top of the coop are preferably formed of Coarse mesh wire, but the bottom, forming the floor of the coop is formed of fine mesh wire and said bottom is reinforced by thel lengthwise and transverse braces 4: and 5..

The top of the coop has a door G'hinged thereto and providedto open and close acorrests directly underneath the bottom or floor of the coop'and usually contains water or a disinfectant and is particularly provided for thefpurpose of receiving the refuse falling through the mesh floor of the* coop. This pan is supported by suitable side members 9, 9 and end members 10, 10 and is slidable back and forth endwisethereon and vmay" readily be removed; and emptied when it is desired.

The corner postslfl, 1,"1 are extended downwardly below the. coop proper-thus forming legs, as is illustrated in the fgres.

I have shown only one form of this device,

but it is obvious thatthe structure thereof may be varied without departing from the principle of the invention and I hereby re-l serve the right to make such changes as will not depart from the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is A device of the character-,described consisting of a frame work, whose corner posts are extended and-formed into supporting legs, a top, bottom, sides and ends formed of wire mesh and'supported by said frame work and forming an inclosed compartment, a lengthwise and a. transverse centrally located bar, bracing said bottom and forming the roost poles for the fowls, a. door for said compartment, a supporting bar secured to the vlegs at each end and a shallow pan underneath said bottomand slidably mounted on said bars.

In 'testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' LEVI -CLIPPINGER Witnesses:

' f Y MAY'MoNTGoMERn I-l. A. DECKER. 

